- From: Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:44:00 -0700
- To: Dirk Schulze <dschulze@adobe.com>
- CC: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
On 9/27/13 12:11 PM, "Dirk Schulze" <dschulze@adobe.com> wrote: > >On Sep 27, 2013, at 8:23 PM, Alan Stearns <stearns@adobe.com> wrote: > >> Hey all, >> >> I've received very consistent feedback that the section on basic shape >> syntax is too difficult to interpret. So I've substituted the previous >> definitions for prose descriptions: >> >> This: >> >> rectangle([<length>|<percentage>][, [<length>|<percentage>]]{3,5}) >> >> Becomes this: >> >> rectangle() takes either four or six arguments of <length> or >><percentage> >> >> >> The prose also refers now to the rules for functional notation from >>Values >> and Units [1], which actually makes the definition more precise (what >>was >> in the draft before did not account for optional whitespace within the >> parentheses). > >That seems quite unusual. Why not do both. The official CSS property >definition and the prose text? I for instance like to read the grammar >defined by CSS Values and Units better. I have added back in a syntax section for your reading enjoyment. Thanks, Alan
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